On surface tension modelling using the level set method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-171

  Shepel, Sergey V ^a,c   Smith, Brian L ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Convergence; Film; Finite element; Finite volume; Level set; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

BODY FORCES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPUTATIONAL CELL; CONTACT AREAS; CONVERGENCE; DELTA FUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE VOLUME; FIRST-ORDER; INTERFACE TRACKING METHOD; LEVEL SET; LEVEL SET APPROACH; LEVEL SET METHOD; LEVEL-SET MODEL; LOCALIZED REPRESENTATIONS; MOVING INTERFACE; SURFACE TENSION FORCE; TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION;

CAPILLARITY; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE WAVES; WETTING;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 66149101706     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1804     Document Type: Article

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